Many films rely on characters doing stupid things and putting themselves in unnecessary danger. There would be very few films made if characters didn't! The Indistructable Man though, has a real corker of a stupid people doing stupid things just to keep the movie going moment.
Here's the situation. On a steep street in LA there are 3 characters. A wants to murder B. C wants to warn B that A is waiting at the top of the hill to kill him. The potential victim (B) is at the bottom of the hill. On one side of the street is a Funky Little Trolley-bus Thing on rails. On the other side of the street are about 32 bezillion steps. Flight after flight of steep steep steps. C sees the potential victim arrive at the bottom of the funky little Trolley-bus side of the hill.
The potential victim is on crutches.
Does the potential victim:
1. Get on board the (free?) public transport?
2. Cross the street and laboriously struggle up the 32 bezillion steps?
It's 2, of course it's 2! Given a choice in crap movies like this they always take the stupid option.
From her vantage point C sees the victim climbing up all those steps. She now has a choice. She needs to get to him before he reaches the top of the hill.
So, she can either go all the way down the hill in the FLT-B Thing, cross the street, and then start to climb the bezillion stairs herself, or she can cross the street where she is and walk DOWN the steps to meet him.
Guess what she does...
The title of this film is a stupid lie too. If it had been called the "Nearly Indestructible Man with Indestructible Clothing" it would have been nearer the mark. After wading through sewers, being blasted by a bazooka (and why wasn't everyone deafened when that thing went off in such an enclosed space?) and toasted by a flame thrower, Lon Chaney's shirt and trousers should have vaporised, or at least a little singed round the edges... but no, like the Incredible Hulk's underpants they seem to keep hanging on in there...
Stupid stupid people doing stupid things in front of bad sets. Don't waste your time unless you are totally masochistic, or under the influence of self-prescribed narcotics.
Here's the situation. On a steep street in LA there are 3 characters. A wants to murder B. C wants to warn B that A is waiting at the top of the hill to kill him. The potential victim (B) is at the bottom of the hill. On one side of the street is a Funky Little Trolley-bus Thing on rails. On the other side of the street are about 32 bezillion steps. Flight after flight of steep steep steps. C sees the potential victim arrive at the bottom of the funky little Trolley-bus side of the hill.
The potential victim is on crutches.
Does the potential victim:
1. Get on board the (free?) public transport?
2. Cross the street and laboriously struggle up the 32 bezillion steps?
It's 2, of course it's 2! Given a choice in crap movies like this they always take the stupid option.
From her vantage point C sees the victim climbing up all those steps. She now has a choice. She needs to get to him before he reaches the top of the hill.
So, she can either go all the way down the hill in the FLT-B Thing, cross the street, and then start to climb the bezillion stairs herself, or she can cross the street where she is and walk DOWN the steps to meet him.
Guess what she does...
The title of this film is a stupid lie too. If it had been called the "Nearly Indestructible Man with Indestructible Clothing" it would have been nearer the mark. After wading through sewers, being blasted by a bazooka (and why wasn't everyone deafened when that thing went off in such an enclosed space?) and toasted by a flame thrower, Lon Chaney's shirt and trousers should have vaporised, or at least a little singed round the edges... but no, like the Incredible Hulk's underpants they seem to keep hanging on in there...
Stupid stupid people doing stupid things in front of bad sets. Don't waste your time unless you are totally masochistic, or under the influence of self-prescribed narcotics.